question about how CBBE works with npcs

[Wanderer3292]

so I'm about to install cbbe into my game, it will be the first time I've installed the body altering mods in any game.

my question is if it is safe to install mid playthrough, and how that will work with my npcs?

I have a couple clothing mods that add to the leveled lists, but they are for vanilla body style. will I end up with lots of naked women? I've already met multiple npcs with the modded clothing on. I play as a male, so the modded clothes aren't a problem for my character, but I'm adding CBBE for my npcs, and I assume the body mod won't affect any males.

also, I'm not super picky about the body type, so am I correct in assuming that I can pick a body style when installing CBBE, and not have to install anything else?

thanks for any help in advance

[big stupid jellyfish]

It is perfectly safe to install/uninstall cbbe at any time. Npc's will continue to wear modded clothing, even if it is made for another body type. Depending on the outfit you might get a few visual bugs though.
Outfits that cover the full body shouldn't cause any problems, but if they show a lot of skin you might experience some ugly texture issues. Pretty much every armor mod out there has a CBBE patch availabe though so that shouldn't be a major problem.

[Azrael]

...it is safe to install mid playthrough, and how that will work with my npcs?

CBBE is a mesh and texture replacement for female bodies only. The pack contains all that's needed to change the appearance of women in the game, naked and non-naked. It doesn't include content only for naked women, it also contains mesh adjustments for clothes used by females in the game, to show a more feminine body figure when they're clothed. Since it's just a cosmetic files replacement, it's safe to use anytime in your game. The same happens for all mesh and/or textures replacements overall.

By default, the pack includes 3 main options depending of what you want how women will look: skinny/thin/petite, vanilla-shape, and very voluptuous. And all of them include the sub-option to be fully naked, or non-naked using underwear. If the mod is used with BodySlide, you can change most parts of the bodies to a custom-degree.

By default, once CBBE is installed, it will affect all women, young and old (not children), to have the same body shape. If you're using / will use a female player character at some point, she will also be affected by the same shape, unless you're using a mod like "Unique Player" that will let you change only your character, or will let you use a different shape than the female NPCs.

CBBE is installed as "Loose Files"-type mod, so if you want to uninstall it, you'll have to delete all those loose files that are (should be) extracted in the Data folder of the game. So, before installing it, read carefully the description page on Nexus to fully understand the installation process. After that, is easy to install, even manually instead of using a mod manager.

[Wanderer3292]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Azrael:

...it is safe to install mid playthrough, and how that will work with my npcs?

CBBE is a mesh and texture replacement for female bodies only. The pack contains all that's needed to change the appearance of women in the game, naked and non-naked. It doesn't include content only for naked women, it also contains mesh adjustments for clothes used by females in the game, to show a more feminine body figure when they're clothed. Since it's just a cosmetic files replacement, it's safe to use anytime in your game. The same happens for all mesh and/or textures replacements overall.

By default, the pack includes 3 main options depending of what you want how women will look: skinny/thin/petite, vanilla-shape, and very voluptuous. And all of them include the sub-option to be fully naked, or non-naked using underwear. If the mod is used with BodySlide, you can change most parts of the bodies to a custom-degree.

By default, once CBBE is installed, it will affect all women, young and old (not children), to have the same body shape. If you're using / will use a female player character at some point, she will also be affected by the same shape, unless you're using a mod like "Unique Player" that will let you change only your character, or will let you use a different shape than the female NPCs.

CBBE is installed as "Loose Files"-type mod, so if you want to uninstall it, you'll have to delete all those loose files that are (should be) extracted in the Data folder of the game. So, before installing it, read carefully the description page on Nexus to fully understand the installation process. After that, is easy to install, even manually instead of using a mod manager.

Thank you all for the detailed info, covered exactly what I needed to know.

on the subject of the loose files, does installing and uninstalling through NMM not take care of all of the loose files for me ?

[Azrael]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Wanderer3292:

Thank you all for the detailed info, covered exactly what I needed to know.

on the subject of the loose files, does installing and uninstalling through NMM not take care of all of the loose files for me ?

Personally, I never use mod managers and prefer to install mods manually, for better control and customization, so my answer may be not 100% accurate. But I think that NMM should be able to take care and delete all those loose files during a mod uninstall.

[Wanderer3292]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Azrael:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Wanderer3292:

Thank you all for the detailed info, covered exactly what I needed to know.

on the subject of the loose files, does installing and uninstalling through NMM not take care of all of the loose files for me ?

Personally, I never use mod managers and prefer to install mods manually, for better control and customization, so my answer may be not 100% accurate. But I think that NMM should be able to take care and delete all those loose files during a mod uninstall.

I know what you mean, I also like having more control over the mods, is there any good way to know exactly what files to delete when uninstalling a mod? the only way I've come up with is to copy a folder before installing it, so I can look back when taking out files for uninstalling. when I drag to the data folder , depending on the mod, files disperse throughout instead of staying in a neat little organized folder

[Knight Siegfried]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Wanderer3292:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Azrael:

Personally, I never use mod managers and prefer to install mods manually, for better control and customization, so my answer may be not 100% accurate. But I think that NMM should be able to take care and delete all those loose files during a mod uninstall.

I know what you mean, I also like having more control over the mods, is there any good way to know exactly what files to delete when uninstalling a mod? the only way I've come up with is to copy a folder before installing it, so I can look back when taking out files for uninstalling. when I drag to the data folder , depending on the mod, files disperse throughout instead of staying in a neat little organized folder

Use Mod Manager 2 for the game, much better and easier to use than NMM. Less problematic too.

[HummV_70]

Once it's set up properly it is an awesome mod...widely used and trusted.

I've only run into other 'clothing' mods which the textures do not mesh because I haven't taken the time to adjust them in CBBE, but all the ones I have messed with so far are just fine.

Mid-game install is fine. It's basically just a texture mod and does not effect the mechanics of the game.

As far as mod managers, you don't really have to use one, but I've used a couple of different ones just to see the difference.

Beth, NMM, Loot, etc...

IMO Loot works great and is very easy to use once installed. If you plan on playing modded games for a while I would recommend taking the time to install it and familiarize yourself with LOOT.

Cheers!